Box for containing eggs or the like.



No. 694,520. Patented Mar. 4, I902.

R. BAKER. BOX FOR CONTAINING EGGS OR THE LIKE.

(Application filed Feb. 20. 1899.

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No. 694,520. P at ented Mar; 4,1902.

R. BAKER.

BOX FOR CONTAINING EGGS OR THE LIKE.

{Application filed Feb. 20. 1899.\

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AT ORNEYS UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT BAKER, OF BURY ST. EDMUND S, ENGLAND.

BOX FOR CONTAINING EGGS OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,520, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed February 20, 1899. Serial No. 706,159. (No model.)

- dent of Elmswell, near Wetherden, Bury St.

Edmunds, in the-county of Suffolk, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes for Containing Eggs or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object an improved box for containing eggs and the like by which I am enabled to pack a number of eggs or other fragile articles for transitin asmall compass without the risk of being broken or damaged. s

The invention includes the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter pointed out, and particularly set forth in -the claims. I V g In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into practical effect, I have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings, upon which I have shown my improved box.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my eggbox with the lid open, showing the eggs fitted into the pockets or compartments. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my box with the lid shut,-showing the bolt or catch for securing the lid. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one'of the loose trays, showing the various pockets into which the eggs are placed. Fig. 4: is an enlarged cross-sectional view of Fig. 3, taken on the line a: y.

In carrying my invention into practice I construct the framework of my box A from wood or other material or metal, and when .made of wood I prefer to finish the corners with the metal plates a, as shown at Fig. 1. In this box I provide a tray which is dividezgi into a number of compartmentsor pockets pockets b are formed from a piece or pieces of canvas sacking or other like material fo1d ed into a number of folds in the following manner The edges of the canvas nearest the These compartments, divisions, or

sides of the tray are fixed or attached at b to these sides by tacks, rivets, or the like at suitable intervals, leaving the canvas between the tacks or rivets loose or baggy. These edges are also attached at their ends to the ends of the tray. The first fold on each side is now attached at b by sewing or otherwise to the edges of the canvas centrally between the tacks or rivets b and then each succeeding fold is attached in a similar manner centrally between where the preceding fold is attached, thus drawing or uniting the loose or baggy portions of each fold together, thereby making a number of diamond-shaped pockets orcompartments, as clearly shown at Figs. 1 and 3. Y a

The interior of the lid a of the'box is pad-' Fitted into the top of this lid (1 so as to come flush with the upper surface is the sliding bolt or boltsa which slides into a hole or socket formed in the front end of the box, and this belt is concealed from view during transit by gumming or pastingor otherwise fixing the address-label over it, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.

I claim- 4 An egg-tray comprising a plurality of cells and a frame carrying the same, said cells being formed of a single piece of flexible material folded with the folds tacked to each other at intervals and with the edges of the material tacked tothe frame whereby a honeycombed formation of the flexible material is provided having diamond-shaped mouths, substantially as described. I y

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT BAKER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE JACOB, WILLIAM THOMAS RANDALL. 

